Thursday, August 25, 2016

O.J.: Made in America (Ezra Edelman, 2016): 5/5

Silicon Valley, season 3 (Mike Judge, 2016): 4/5

Anomalisa (Duke Johnson & Charlie Kaufman, 2015): 2/5

Breaking Bad, seasons 1-5, rw (Vince Gilligan, 2008-13): 5/5

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Directors I've Always Intensely Disliked + Ones I Can No Longer Stand to Watch

A list in no particular order...

Apichatpong W. 
Olivier Assayas 
Ingmar Bergman 
Harmony Korine 
Chantal Ackerman
Tsai Ming Liang 
Jean-Luc Godard
Sofia Coppola
Woody Allen 
Pasolini
John Cassavetes
Terry Gilliam
Jim Jarmusch 
Nicolas Winding Refn
Andrea Buljalski 
Jodorowski 
Claire Denis
Antonioni 
John Waters
Fellini 
Peter Greenaway 
Terence Malick 


Cemetery of Splendor (Joe, 2016) -- turned it off

Primer (Shane Carruth, 2004) -- turned it off

Triple 9 (John Hillcoat, 2016) -- 2/5

By The Sea (Angelina Jolie, 2015) -- 1.5/5

Re-watched Brick (Rian Johnson, 2005) -- 1/5 (Original rating: 3/5)

Deadpool (Tim Miller, 2016) -- 3/5

Lilith (Robert Rossen, 1964) -- 3/5

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (John Cassavetes, 1978) -- turned it off

Cafe Lumiere (Hou Hsiao Hsien, 2003) -- turned it off

Ashes and Diamonds (Wajda, 1958) -- turned it off

The Day the Earth Stood Still (Robert Wise, 1951) -- 2/5

Fugazi: Instrument (Jem Cohen, 2001) -- 3.5/5

The X-Files: I Still Want to Believe (Chris Carter, 2016) -- 2/5

Coherence (James Ward Bykrit, 2014) -- 3/5

Re-watched Momento (Christopher Nolan, 2000) -- 3/5


Green Room (Jeremy Sauiner, 2016): 4/5

10 Cloverfield Lane (Dan Tractenberg, 2016): 2.5/5

Hardcore Henry (Ilya Naishuller, 2016): 3/5

Everybody Wants Some!! (Richard Linklater, 2016): 3.5/5

Stranger Things, Season One (Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, 2016): 4/5

Monday, August 1, 2016

Midnight Special (Jeff Nichols, 2016): 2/5

Miles Ahead (Don Cheadle, 2016): 3/5

I Saw the Light (Marc Abraham, 2016): 3/5

The Queen of Versailles, rw (Lauren Greenfield, 2012): 4/5

World Trade Center (Oliver Stone, 2006): 1/5

Baseball (Ken Burns, 1993 & 2010): 5/5

The Great Santini, rw (Lewis John Carlino, 1979): 3/5

Network, rw (Sidney Lumet, 1976): 5/5

The Bridge on the River Kwai, rw (David Lean, 1957): 4/5

The Last Command, rw (Josef von Sternberg, 1928): 4/5

Docks of New York (Josef von Sternberg, 1928): 2.5/5